The Red Creek is a titanium mine located in Sweetwater county, Wyoming.
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Red Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Creek
Secondary: Richards Gap
Commodity
Primary: Titanium
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Sweetwater
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Anatase
Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Ilmenite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE
Comment (Deposit): FIVE SAMPLES CONTAINED AN AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF 25.5 TIO2, 1.5 ZRO2, 15.4 FE, AND 0.04 EQUIVALENT THO2. RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT ARE 82.8 OPAQUES, 13.7 ZIRCON, 2.4 GARNET, 1.0 EACH TOURMALINE AND RUTILE, AND TRACES OF BIOTITE, EPIDOTE, CHLORITE, STAUROLITE, AND MONAZITE. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 19 WYOMING DEPOSITS, INCLUDING RED CREEK, ARE 21,873,000 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 5.22 TIO2, 0.55 ZRO2, 24.75 FE, AND 0.15 EQUIVALENT THO2 (2).
Comment (Deposit): DENSE MINEALIZATION LIMITED TO 125 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOUSTON, R. S., AND MURPHY, J. F., 1962, TITANIFEROUS BLACK SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF WYOMING: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49, p. 106-108.
Reference (Deposit): DOW, V. T., AND BATTY, J. V., 1961, RECONNAISSANCE OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, AND COLORADO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5860, 52 P.
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